Alibaba Offers $3.6 Billion To Buy Chinese Video Streaming Site

Alibaba announce on Friday it’s intention to buy up the rest of Chinese video streaming site Youku Tudou for $3.6 billion deal signaling the e-commerce giant’s intent to expand beyond its core business of online shopping.

What does Youku do you ask?  It’s a YouTube imitation site that runs videos, clips, etc just like YouTube does. Of course, the Chinese government has no issues with its citizens accessing Youku content.

The deal would give the company, which has been expanding into films, a bigger platform to broadcast content including Hollywood blockbusters directly to China’s growing ranks of middle-class consumers.

Ghanaian Actor John Dumelo To Launch New Game App

The popular movie star John Dumelo is set to unveil a new mobile game application that will run on  any android and Apple (iOS) phones.

The game is named ‘Aya’ centres on the main character, John Dumelo, trying to rescue a loved one who has been captured by an evil villain.

Facebook Introduces 7-Second Profile Videos

To keep its decade-old social network lively, Facebook is introducing five big changes to user profiles, which are viewed 4 billion times per day:

• The option to pin Featured Photos to the top of the profile
• Temporary profile pics
• Easier visibility controls for About info, including a new 100 character Bio field
• A mobile-centric design with centered profile photos plus big sections for photos and friends
• The ability to use a 7-second looping video as your profile pic.

 Some users has stated testing the features